Vocabulary help: llevar + tiempo + gerund
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Hola todos!
I would like to know what this vocabulary phrase/formula means.
llevar + tiempo + gerund
Could you help me?
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updated Dec 9, 2010
edited by 0074b507
posted by espanol5555
corrected misspelling in title - 0074b507, Dec 8, 2010
4 Answers
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To have been doing something for some time:
Llevo una hora esperando = I have been waiting for an hour.
Llevo una semana estudiando = I have been studying for a week.
updated Dec 9, 2010
posted by lazarus1907
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Asked and answered
updated Dec 8, 2010
edited by 005faa61
posted by 005faa61
What's wrong with you? This is not spam! I simply deleted my answer right after Lazarus had posted his very similar answer. Some people here need to get a grip on reality - 005faa61, Dec 8, 2010
Julian-I'm voting you up to replace your lost 10 points. - 0074b507, Dec 8, 2010
me too! - Kiwi-Girl, Dec 8, 2010
ditto - more than covered! - DR1960, Dec 8, 2010
I wasn´t concerned about losing points but about one individual´s ignorance, hence the mini rant. But I really do appreciate the gesture on the part of all of you. You guys are great! - 005faa61, Dec 8, 2010
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Should you ever use the past tenses?
See the sentences using llevo and llevaba to see the differences in present and past tense in time expressions with llevar+ time expression+gerundio.
updated Dec 8, 2010
edited by 0074b507
posted by 0074b507
nice :) - Kiwi-Girl, Dec 8, 2010
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Just adding to this question - so even though you're talking about the past you use the present tense of llevar?
Is that only if it's still going on?
Should you ever use the past tenses?
updated Dec 8, 2010
posted by Kiwi-Girl
Similar to hacer...hace dos años que...It has been two years.. - 0074b507, Dec 8, 2010
kewl, thanx - somehow I've never used that particular phrase? Weird the gaps you find lol - Kiwi-Girl, Dec 8, 2010
